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When I think about that I get stimulated and excited. It’s a feeling that you can’t label with words.

Black Francis

When you look at something that’s really good, it might be Iggy Pop or it might be Leonard Cohen. Whatever it is, you want it to be really good.
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Good might Real Really Something
You think you’ve made something really great, but there’s a reason why it’s not resonating the way some previous work did. But it’s not that easy to just replicate.
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Mysterious People Previous Thinking Work
If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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Band Filters Strong
Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
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Companies Long Ocerchanging Record Trouble
Who do sing SONGS. It’s like I never sang before; like I was – I don’t know – reading PROSE on my previous records and now I sing. EXCUUUUUUSE me for singing
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Exclusive Previous Prose Reading Sing
Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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Perfect Tongue Wise
That’s the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them.
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Done Important People
You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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Editors Musicians Stuff
I have always been a singer, a writer, and a musician, not as a prodigy or as in a trade handed to me by my parents, but because of an inner voice or maybe a command from beyond reality as it is usually defined.
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Parent Reality Voice
A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
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Artist Heroes Lot Side
I come from an art history background. I studied at a master’s degree level; I chose to dork out on art for much of my adult life.
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Art Hero Musical
It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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Obvious Stealing
My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn’t how people are going to receive them, because they don’t know the code.
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might People Song
If I have more creativity that I want to get out of me, I try to find other ways than pursuing solo records so much.
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Creativity Records Trying
Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won’t bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records.
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Age Heart Musician Records Young
I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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Everybody Painter Thinking

When I think about that I get stimulated and excited. It’s a feeling that you can’t label with words.

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